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A weekly round-up of the hottest fintech news stories and opinions, focussing on appointments, announcements, partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions from around the globe.

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    Episode 201: Tap To Pay European Expansion & Curve Pay on iOS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 21:32


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Apple launching Tap to Pay on iPhone in eight new European countries & Curve announcing that it will be launching Curve Pay on iOS as an alternative digital wallet to Apple Pay for iPhone users.

    Episode 200: Open Banking Obstacles & Binance and Pix Integration in Brazil

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 20:20


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team discuss Payit by NatWest uncovering obstacles facing open banking with solutions to overcome them & Binance announcing that Pix will now be integrated into its Binance Pay payments solution in Brazil.

    Episode 199: Financial Educations Impact & In-app Wallets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 18:05


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the extent to which financial education impacts financial well-being & why In-app wallets are proving to be a popular payment method in the UK.

    Episode 198: UK Financial Education & Deaf Inclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 22:57


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Boon Brokers research into why the majority of young adults in the UK are leaving school with a worrying lack of financial education & how the financial services sector has seen positive progress to better support deaf customers in the last two years, according to a new report by the Lending Standards Board (LSB).

    Episode 197: Fraudulent Attacks, Revoluts Mobile Plans & AIs reputation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 37:22


    On this week's episode of News & Views, Sponsored by TrustVanta, the Fintech Times Podcast team speak about recent reports from Wise finding that two in three UK adults have experienced a fraudulent attack, Revolut expanding its services once more into the mobile world as it looks to launch mobile plans & KMPGs new research into peoples attitude towards AI.

    Episode 196: Quantum Technology & Stable Coins in Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 19:56


    On this week's episode of News & Views, Sponsored by TrustVanta, the Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the UK Government pledging a £121Million investment into Quantum technology to combat fraud & Chipi Pays expansion into Mexico following a partnership with Starknet Foundation.

    Episode 195: Pix Expansion & ClearBanks Embedded Banking Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 17:56


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by TrustVanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about ClearBanks partnership with Captial on Tap & Pix having its payment capabilities expanded upon, as the central bank has announced a myriad of new features.

    Episode 194: Fraudsters Using Whatsapp, Real-Time Payments & Blockchain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 38:00


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by TrustVanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Revolut revealing that UK consumers are losing money due to Whastapp scams, why UK banks need to focus on building confidence in the security of real-time payments & how other technologies such as Blockchain can still be given the attention they deserve under the limelight of AI.

    Episode 193: Affordable Credit Options & New Era for Payments in Somalia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 19:30


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by TrustVanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the fact that two million UK adults have borrowed from illegal lenders in the last 12 months & how Somalia has successfully launched the country's first instant payment system.

    Episode 192: Scrapping Contactless Limit, Australia ‘Two-Speed' Fintech Ecosystem & Ease of Payments

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 36:00


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the Financial Conduct Authority reviewing whether the £100 contactless limit should be removed or increased, why many Brits claim they would rather remove fraud prevention checks to complete a transaction faster & Fintech Australias call for government intervention to avoid a 'two-speed' fintech ecosystem.

    Episode 191: Online Card-Present Payments, Impact of Late Payments & Krakens EMI approval

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 35:35


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Welsh software provider Burbank completing the first online card-present payment, how the impact of late payments are continuing to grow for small and medium businesses & Kraken securing the Electronic Money Institution authorisation.

    Episode 190: UK Tap to Phone Adoption & Financial Apps

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 19:05


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Tap to Phone seeing a 200 per cent increase across the globe in the last year & why almost one in four Brits believe that these apps are ‘in need of improvement' in some way.

    Episode 189: AA Instant Savings Accounts & Future of AI in Fintech

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 44:40


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team are joined by Emmanuel Daniels, Founder of The Asian Banker, as well as author, advisor and futurist, to discuss the AA launching Instant Savings Accounts, leveraging NatWest Boxed & dive into what the future holds for AI in Fintech.

    Episode 188: Digital Wallets & UK Pay By Bank Adoption

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 17:48


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the significant opportunity digital wallets represent for consumers, as per the FCA and PSR, as well as Token.io and Fabrick's partnership, which looks to expand on the benefits and adoption of account-to-account payments in the UK.

    Episode 187: Growing Threat of GenAI & Sustainability Reporting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 24:15


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the growing threat of GenAI & how 97% of executives believe sustainability reporting will be a business advantage.

    Episode 186: Latin America Fraud Protection, UK Supply Chain Attacks & Project Nemo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 34:44


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, the Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how almost 6 in 10 large UK financial services firms fell victim to at least one third-party supply chain attack in 2024, Project Nemo taking on Bankings accessibility challenge & Yuno launching the Mastercard payment passkey across Latin America to combat fraud.

    Episode 185: Anti-Smartphone Theft, UK Tap To Pay & Australian Fintech Fueled Boom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 30:42


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, the Fintech Times Podcast team speak about businesses of all sizes within the UK now able to benefit from Apple‘s Tap to Pay technology, Australian small businesses using fintech solutions to generate $9billion in economic benefits & Nuke From Orbit launching a nationwide campaign to combat this growing crisis.

    Episode 184: Blue Monday & The UK Gender Pay Gap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 19:35


    On this week's episode of News & Views, Sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how we can overcome 'Blue Monday' Fintech challenges & discuss the UK's gender pay gap lack of progress.

    Episode 183: UK's AI Action Plan, Debit Cards & Fintech On Top

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 34:51


    On this week's episode of News & Views, sponsored by Vanta, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Fintech being the most funded sector within the UK in 2024, the majority still preferring to use debit cards despite the rise of Fintech offerings & whether the Uk's AI action plan is ambitious enough.

    Episode 182: Fintech in Scotland & FV Bank Stablecoin Capabilities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 20:33


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Fintech continuing to boom in Scotland & FV Bank users now being able to convert PayPal USD into USD in real time as the digital bank expands its stablecoin capabilities.

    Episode 181: Predictions for 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 34:22


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about some common predictions for the world of Fintech in 2025.

    Episode 180: UK Neobank Rise & Inclusivity Within Banking Services

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 18:25


    On this week's episode of News& Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about UK neobanks edging out traditional legacy banks in app downloads, according to a recent study by global software company SplitMetrics & explore whether enough is being done regarding inclusivity within Banking services.

    Episode 179: LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Ryanair TrueLayer Integration

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 24:47


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about some of the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ professionals in the workplace & Ryanair integrating TrueLayer to offer customers Pay By Bank at checkout.

    Episode 178: Combatting First-Party Fraud & GenZ Borrowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 21:01


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about TransUnion revealing firms are still battling against first-party fraud & Gen Z increasingly borrowing to survive, with many relying on loans from the 'bank of mum and dad'.

    Episode 177: Eligibiles New Conversations & Future of Digital Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 25:36


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Eligible launching 'Conversations', a new product helping mortgage lenders engage borrowers and ensure they are making informed decisions & where the future of the digital economy may be heading as Checkout.com reveals early generation Alpha spending habits.

    Episode 176: Smarter Than Scams & 2025 Identity Fraud Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 23:16


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about The Financial Technology Association launching its annual campaign, Smarter Than Scams & The Entrust Cybersecurity Institutes '2025 Identity Fraud Report', which found that attacks involving deepfakes happened every five minutes in 2024.

    Episode 175: 2024 Wealthtechs, Financial Literacy in Africa & Virgin Money Mobiliser Fund

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 32:15


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team discuss experts thoughts on Wealthtechs they are most excited about in 2024, Vault22 launching in South Africa with the goal of improving financial literacy & Virgin Money's new mobiliser fund.

    Episode 174: Mastercard Pay Local & Affirm UK Launch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 20:29


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Mastercard Pay Local making it easy for customers to utilise local digital wallets and make card payments to merchants & why Affirm, a responsible credit provider, has officially launched in the UK.

    Episode 173: Nordic Mobile Payments & Biometric Re-authentication Procedures

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 21:17


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about ANNA introducing biometric re-authentication procedures to stamp out cybercrime from taking place on illegally accessed accounts & mobile payments rising in the Nordics.

    Episode 172: Financial Wellbeing & UK Financial Literacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 23:44


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how Loqbox has set out to provide people with the knowledge, confidence, and tools to reach their financial goals and feel better about money & the gap between how much people think they understand about money and the reality of UK financial literacy levels.

    Episode 171: Broken Credit Report System & Apple from Klarna

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 19:28


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the impact the broken credit report system is having on people's lives & Klarna unveiling 'Apple from Klarna'.

    Episode 170: Cheque Fraud, Canadian Wearable Payments & Financial Crime Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 36:04


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about why US mid-sized businesses still use paper cheques, despite rising fraud risks and growing popularity of more secure digital payments, how Canada's payment market is rapidly digitising with the use of wearable payments & why only 1% of financial crimes are brought to justice.

    Episode 169: Women in Fintech & Fraud using AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 22:52


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how signatories of the 'Investing in Women Code' were more likely to invest in female founders for the fourth straight year & how 65% of insurance claims handlers have noticed an increase in fraudulent cases with some using AI since the cost-of-living crisis hit.

    Episode 168: Support For Savings Initiatives & Financial Accessibility Gap

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 36:04


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about The Money and Pensions Service putting together a new charter, the UK Savings Charter, to help improve financial well-being among customers & discuss what more Fintechs could be doing to bridge the financial accessibility gap. Joining us this episode is Bethanie Kennedy, Partnership Manager at IE Hub.

    Episode 167: ChitChat Virtual Debit Card, Customer Churn & Klarna Cuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 37:28


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about ChitChat users now being able to conduct both in-person and online transactions using their virtual debit card, how firms can maximise revenue by reducing customer churn, then acquiring new customers & how Klarna is on track to halve headcount to 2,000 by the end of 2025.

    Episode 166: TSB Emergency Flee Fund, iDenfy Face Authentication & allpay Rewards

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 32:11


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how TSB is helping 23 domestic abuse survivors a month with its emergency flee fund, iDenfy face authentication check enabling firms to onboard new customers quickly and securely & how allpay has added a new local gift card to its range on its reward and recognition platform, following a successful pilot.

    Episode 165: PayQuicker Expansion, Binance Antiscam Campaign & Financial Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 30:37


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about PayQuicker partnering with cross-border payment infrastructure provider Thunes, Binance joining forces with the Macau Judiciary Police & why 33% of Chetwood Financial's respondents believe their own financial management will put them in a better position this time next year.

    Episode 164: Spending Trackers & Financial Education in UAE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 19:51


    On this week's episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about UK-based finance app Cheddar launching its free spend tracker, offering users deeper insight into their spending habits & why there is a desire for more comprehensive financial education from UAE retail investors, according to a new study by trading and investing platform eToro.

    Episode 163: Deepfake Tech & Aro's secure loan advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 19:53


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Santander teaming up with Mr Money Jar to make Brits more aware of the dangers scammers pose with deepfake technology & TotallyMoney offering customers a greater choice of loan products, following a new partnership with Aro.

    Episode 162: BNPL in the Philippines & Access to Incumbents

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 32:48


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about the BNPL market expecting to grow across the Philippines & how Incumbents are adjusting their offerings to become more accessible with special guest, Adam Katz, CEO & Founder at Kooltra.

    Episode 161: Latin America, Revolut & UK Digital Banking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 27:02


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how Latin Americans are perceiving and using cryptocurrencies and the web3 ecosystem, Revolut finally securing a UK banking licence after a three year wait & why UK consumers are very quickly embracing a digital payment society, while the US lags behind.

    Episode 160: Apples NFC tech, Monzo Under 16s & Weatherspoons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 31:29


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how impactful Apple releasing its NFC technology will be on the payments market following an investigation from the EU, Monzo launching a waitlist for 'Monzo for Under 16s' & Wetherspoons introducing Payit by NatWest.

    Episode 159: Fighting Fraud & Adobe Commerce BNPL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 20:40


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Monzo unveiling three new security controls designed to combat fraud & Klarna partnering with Adobe Commerce, enabling thousands of merchants to offer BNPL to their customers.

    Episode 158: Whatsapp Banking & PagBrasil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 18:01


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Paymentology partnering with Mama Money and Access Bank to launch a Mama Money new bank card service that will utilise WhatsApp banking & PagBrasil making Pix accessible to e-commerce businesses globally through two instant payment solutions.

    Episode 157: Money20/20 EU, Fintech Fringe & Fintech Week London

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 27:06


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about their recent attendance at Money20/20 Europe, Fintech Fringe & Fintech Week London.

    Episode 156: Financial Education, Everyday CBDC use & Bitcoins All-time High

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 31:54


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about GoHenry unveiling its financial education manifesto, what it would take to get users onside with everyday CBDC use & what it will take for Bitcoin to beat its all-time high again.

    Episode 155: NFT Revivals & RentalBot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 18:51


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about what it would take to see an NFT revival & INZMO launching a new AI chatbot, RentalBot to help tenants and landlords get the legal info they need to resolve disputes.

    Episode 154: HMRC & Open Banking Awareness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 26:01


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about HMRC needing to do better regarding its digital customer service options & why firms need to provide greater open banking awareness.

    Episode 153: BNPL Driving Lessons, Norfolk's Flourishing Fintech Sector & Chinas Cashless Future

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 34:36


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about affordable driving lessons in the UK following BNPL Integrations, Norfolk's ‘flourishing' Fintech sector being set for £100Million valuation by 2027 & China leading the way to a cashless future.

    Episode 152: Support for SMEs, Crypto Carbon Footprint & New US Klarna Card

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 30:31


    On this weeks episode of New s& Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about Klarna as it opens a US waitlist for a new Klarna card and partners with Expedia Group to expand its services to travellers, whether the Government has gone far enough with support for SMEs & the push back against growing Crypto carbon footprint.

    Episode 151: Project Nemo, Legacy Tech & N26 Joint Accounts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 35:12


    On this weeks episode of News & Views, The Fintech Times Podcast team speak about how Project Nemo aims to tackle the underrepresentation of disabled individuals in fintech, both in the workforce and among customers, why 75% of firms are struggling with new payments tech as a result of their outdated core systems & N26 launching joint accounts, enabling customers to manage finances shared with a partner within the N26 app.

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